ἐκκλησί-α G1577
church, Christian congregation or community; assembly, gathered congregation (non-technical or OT sense)
1. church, Christian congregation or community — The community of Christian believers, whether a local congregation meeting in a specific place or the universal body of Christ; rendered 'church/churches' (eng), 'iglesia/iglesias' (spa), 'कलीसिया/कलीसियाओं' (hin), 'كنيسة/كنائس' (arb), '교회/교회들' (kor), 'kanisa/makanisa' (swa). This covers the vast majority of NT uses (105 occurrences) across both singular and plural inflections, including references to individual house churches, city-wide congregations, and the universal church in Ephesians and Colossians. 105×
AR["الكَنِيسَةِ","الْكَنِيسَةِ","جَمَاعَةَ","جَمَاعَةُ","جَمَاعَةِ","كَنيسَةً","كَنيسَةٍ","كَنيسَةَ","كَنيسَةِ","كَنِيسَةَ","كَنِيسَةِ"]·ben["মণ্ডলী","মণ্ডলীকে","মণ্ডলীতে","মণ্ডলীর","মন্ডলীর"]·DE["Gemeinde"]·EN["assembly","church"]·FR["église"]·heb["בּוֹחֲרִים","הַ-קְהִלָּה","הַקְּהִילָּה","הַקְּהִלָּה","קְהִילָּה","קְהִלַּת","קְהִלָּה"]·HI["कलीसिया","कलीसिया-की","कलीसिया-के","कलीसिया-को","सब-पर"]·ID["jemaat","jemaat,"]·IT["chiesa"]·jav["pasamuwan","pasamuwan,","pasamuwan.","pasamuwanipun,"]·KO["교회","교회-는","교회-를","교회-에","교회-에게","교회-위-에","교회-의","교회를","교회에","교회에-의해","교회에서","교회와","교회의"]·PT["igreja","igreja,","igreja."]·RU["церкви","церкви.","церквям","церковь","церковью"]·ES["asamblea","iglesia"]·SW["kanisa","kanisa,","kanisa.","la-kanisa"]·TR["Tanrı'nın","her","kilise","kilisede","kiliseden","kilisenin","kilisesini","kiliseye","kiliseyi","kiliseyle"]·urd["کلیسیا","کلیسیا-کو"]
Acts 5:11, Acts 8:1, Acts 8:3, Acts 9:31, Acts 11:22, Acts 11:26, Acts 12:1, Acts 12:5, Acts 13:1, Acts 14:23, Acts 14:27, Acts 15:3 (+38 more)
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Senses
2. assembly, gathered congregation (non-technical or OT sense) — A general assembly or gathered congregation not specifically denoting the Christian church, including the OT congregation of Israel (Acts 7:38 'the assembly in the wilderness'), the secular civic assembly at Ephesus (Acts 19:32,39,41), and uses where the emphasis falls on the physical gathering rather than the ecclesial institution; rendered 'assembly' (eng), 'asamblea' (spa), 'सभा' (hin), 'الكنيسة' (arb), '회중/집회' (kor), 'kusanyiko' (swa). The Korean 회중 (congregation) and 집회 (gathering) and Hindi सभा (assembly) distinguish this from the specifically Christian 교회/कलीसिया usage. 9×
AR["الكَنيسَةِ","الكَنِيسَةَ","الكَنِيسَةِ","الْجَمْعَ","الْجَمْعُ","الْمَجْمَعِ","جَمَاعَةِ","كَنِيسَتِي"]·ben["মণ্ডলী","মণ্ডলীকে","মণ্ডলীতে","মণ্ডলীতে!","মণ্ডলীর","সভা","সভায়"]·DE["Gemeinde"]·EN["assembly","of-assembly"]·FR["assemblée","église"]·heb["אֲסֵפָה","הַקְּהִלָּה","קְהִלָּה","קָהָל"]·HI["कअलेएसिय","कअलेएसिय-को","कलीसिया","कलीसिया-के","सभा","सभा-को"]·ID["jemaat","jemaat!","kumpulan","sidang"]·IT["chiesa","ekklesia","ekklesian","ekklesias"]·jav["kempalan","pasamuwan","pasamuwan!","pasamuwan,"]·KO["교회","교회-도","교회-에","교회-에서","교회를","집회가","집회를","집회에서","회중의"]·PT["assembleia","assembleia.","congregação","da-assembleia","igreja"]·RU["Церковь","собрание","собрание.","собрании","церкви","церкви!"]·ES["asamblea"]·SW["kanisa","kanisa!","kusanyiko","mkutano"]·TR["kilisede-","kilisemi","kiliseye","kiliseyi","toplantı","toplantıda","toplantının","toplantıyı","toplulukta"]·urd["جماعت","جماعت-کے","مجلس","کلیسیا","کلیسیا-کو","کلیسیا-کی"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἐκκλησί-α, ἡ, (ἔκκλητος) assembly duly summoned, less general than σύλλογος, Refs 5th c.BC+; applied to the Homeric Assemblies, Refs 4th c.BC+; to the Samian Assembly, Refs 5th c.BC+; to the Spartan, Refs 5th c.BC+; to the meeting of the Amphictyons at Delphi, Refs 4th c.BC+; at Athens, ἐ. κύριαι, opposed to σύγκλητοι, Arist.Refs 2nd c.AD+; κυρία ἐ., at Amorgos, Refs; ἐ. συναγείρειν, συνάγειν,…